Hi,
a few months ago I was diagnosed with the
gout in my left foot and my doctor has me
on allopurinol. I've been reading that
baking soda helps alot with flare ups and
with daily uses but complicates my
condition because I have high blood
pressure due to being overweight.
I was diagnosed with the gout when I
went on a diet and started losing weight,
apparently because the msu crystals were
exposed. I've discontinued eating meat
entirely and have stuck to a vegetarian
diet but I still experience pain from the
atacks. Is there something i'm doing
wrong? Is baking soda a possibility for
me to ease the pain? If gout sufferers
are supposed to restrict protein from
their diets then why do some dieticians
suggest eating milk products, legumes, and
nuts?
Sorry for playing 20 questions but i'm
really lost right now and could use the
suggestions of others in my predicament.
Thanks-jeff
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JYY2
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 227
Posted: 03-30-06 02:01am
I have the following fyi:
1) you need some medicine to treat the
pain and inflammation from gout attacks.
You didn't mention you are taking any.
See "emergency gout treatments" in http://www.Icuredmygout.Org for
more info.
2) due to its possible side effects,
allopurinol is not recommended until a
person has 2~3 gout attacks.
3) initiation of allopurinol can worsen
gout attacks and should not be initiated
until 1~2 months after the gout attacks
have subsided, preferably with
prophylactic use of colchicine, an nsaid,
etc.
4) rapid weight loss is known to trigger
gout. It's safe if you lose 0.5~1 pound
per week.
5) "... A rigid purine restricted diet
is of dubious therapeutic value and can
rarely be sustained for long", so says a
gout expert, professor a. G. Fam in
"gout, diet, and the insulin resistance
syndrome" at http://www.Jrh
eum.Com/subscribers/02/07/1350.Html .
(if the link doesn't work, change
"...Html" in the address box of your
browser to "html".
6) do not use baking soda if you are
hypertensive.
7) I suggest that you see a rheumatology
for your gout.
